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Topic: possible Alum Bay vase. (Read 823 times)

No label unfortunately, and the colourway isn't typical, but the bubbles - the bottom 'kick' and the snapped pontil look right, with some wear on the base. This isn't a current shape or colour as far as I can see, and get the feeling this might be something like 15 - 20 years old. Height is about 7" - 175mm. Anyone else agree that it could be Alum bay?

I did in fact send these images to Colin Green at Alum Bay Glass, and have permission to quote his reply, received today, as follows:

""Hi Paul.I would say this was made by our founder Michael Rayner.It is the colour ONYX which though we still make it is slightly different now because we no longer use pure metal oxide onglaze colours.It has many bubbles which could be the glass quality of that time or he could have dabbed the glass in marble powder to create the bubbles.It also i see has a stripe of blue which we never used with this colour.I would say 25 to 30 years old.

Kind regards Colin Green""

Since this is not the first time Alum Bay have helped me with attributions, I would again express my sincere thanks to Colin Green for his continuing help with my questions.

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Fascinating, Paul. I looked and peered, but I couldn't give a yay or a nay to Alum Bay, on balance, I thought not, so I'm surprised - It's very nice, though - has some features and colours of a lovely Benny Motzfeldt piece I have, but the shape precluded her work.

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Cheers, Sue (M)

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